I expected no less :) I'd upmod you if I could vote.

What was the deal with that thread? First, there was that string of downmods, then suddenly the whole thing goes dead and you also lose your voting privilege. I had thought the whole thing was in jest, including the rampant downmodding, but apparently people were taking it seriously. But why? Did it seem like we were actually fighting?

No one bothered to tell me why I can't vote now -- i just had to notice that when i refresh the page the number goes back down 1 -- but my guess is that it's the same reason as rms: upmodding.

I kinda upmodded your entire comment history. But i read it first and liked them all, so I don't see the problem...

I thought that thread was all in good fun between us, but wasn't sure why people were downmodding it. Don't know why it went dead either. But it might have been dead for a while and we didn't notice -- maybe it only tells you your thread is dead when it's old.

Better threads than that have been turned dead. Meh.

PS did you get the email asking for your AIM account? then we could speculate about why pg kills threads and bans users from voting where pg won't read it and possibly get annoyed and possibly mark it dead too.

I thought someone was upmodding my comment history. Well, once enough people read that, my comment history will be downmodded a couple times, so I guess it works out in the end.

I think the points were taken away, anyway.

Well there's a Gettier problem for you:D

And, I haven't replied to your email because I only check personal email briefly on the weekends. Less distraction that way.

no problem.

personal emails are more distracting than yc? :)

Definitely. There are a couple philosophical discussions I am participating in which require long, drawn out replies, while my yc posts are generally very short.

do you know any public places worth discussing philosophy at?

No, unfortunately I don't.